Toilet-paper fixture



Jan. 11, 1927. 1,614,112

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES FISHER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO ALBERT C.

GRUNWALI), ONE-THIRD TO CARL E.

LOESCHER, ALL OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CARLSON, AND ONE-THIRD TO FRED H.

TOILET-PAPER FIXTURE.

Application filed July 10,

This invention relates particularly to a device adapted to the purposeof holding a roll of toilet paper; and the primary object is to providea device of simple and improved construction which operates in animproved manner.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawing in whichv Fig. 1 represents an elevational view ofthe improved toilet paper holder, showing the device adapted forsupporting two rolls of paper; Fig. 2 represents a rear elevational viewof the same; Fig. 3, a horizontal sectional view taken as indicated atline 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. i, a broken vertical section taken as indicatedat line i of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a broken vertical section taken asindicated at line 5 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6, a view partly in section andpartly in elevation of a modified form of trunnion.

While the device illustrated is shown adapted to support two rolls ofpaper, it will be understood that the device may be made.

' in suitable form to support a single roll of paper.

In the illustration given, A represents a supporting plate. or basewhich is adapted to be attached to a vertical wall; B, B, representbracket-arms supported by the plate A and arranged in pairs; and B, Brepresent spring-pressed bearings or trunnions mounted in thebracket-arms.

The supporting plate A preferably is stamped from sheet-metal, beingsuitably bowed or paneled and provided with a mar ginal flange 1 whichis adapted to bear against the wall. The plate is further provided withscrew-receiving perforations 2.

The bracket-arms B are preferably made hollow, as shown. The standardsmay be drawn into the hollow form shown by suitable drawing operations.Each standard is thus provided with side walls 3 and an edge wall 4:. v

The base plate is provided with pairs of vertical perforations 4:through which the standards are inserted from the rear. The rear ends ofthe standards are provided with flanges 5, which bear against the rearsurface of the plate A. The flanges 5 are spotwelded to the plate A. Inpractice, the standards B taper very slightly from their bases to theirouter ends. The standards are 1922. Serial No. 573,953.

cup-shaped member provided with an end wall 7, a conical wall 7*, and aflange 7". The trunnions are normally held in their projected positionby means of coil springs 8. These springs are confined between thehollow trunnions and the opposite side wall of the bracket. Preferably,a cup-shaped member or disk 9 is inserted between the spring and theouter wall of the bracket after the spring has been introduced. Thethickness of the metal of the cup 9 is such that the hollow trunnion cannot be wholly forced from its socket after the assembling operation hasbeen performed. Thus, the apparatus cannot be put. out of order.

The flanges 7 of the trunnion 7 are made non-circular. In fact, theflanges 7 are made to conform for a distance to the edge wall of thebracket-arms, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the trunnion can not turnabout its own axis.

0 represents the usual paste-board tube or roll on which the. toiletpaper roll C, indicated by dotted lines, is mounted. The paste-boardtubes C are, in practice, made quite accurate in length and diameter.The ends of the tubes receive the taper surfaces '7 of the trunnions,the springs serving to force the trunnions into the ends of the tubes Owith suffioient force to produce a desired friction between the toiletpaper roll and the trunnions. The tube C turns on the trunnions as thepaper is withdrawn but there is sufficient friction between thetrunnions, and the paper roll to prevent the roll from turning toofreely, thus insuring economy.

The improved device is of exceedingly staunch construction, presents adesign of substantial and pleasing appearance, and is well adapted toits purpose. The trunnions may readily be retracted or sheathed topermit the paper roll to be inserted, after which the trunnions will beforced into the.

ends of the tube of the roll. In case the ends of the tube C shouldexpand in service, the plunger-like trunnions will be projected furtherinwardly so as to maintain the desired friction. The feature of havingboth of the taper trunnions sheathabl'e is a desirable one, as thisfacilitates the insertion of the roll of paper, inasmuch as the roll canbe inserted by a straight movement. The roll can not be removeduntil'after the paper has been exhausted.

While the device shown is adapted to receive and support two rolls oftoilet paper, it will be understood that the base plate may be suitablydesigned to support one or any desired number of rolls of paper.

In F 6, B represents a modifi d form of trunnion, which may be usedinstead of the trunnions B. In the modified form, 10 represents acylindrical portion which enters the roll and 10 represents afrustoconical portion adapted to give the necessary wedging effect toproduce the desired friction between the roll and trunnion. This formmay be used to give a good suppor to the paper-roll without developingexcessive friction.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness ofunderstanding only and no unnecessary liinitati as should be understoodtherefrom.

What I regard as new, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, s:

1. A toilet paper fir; ire, comprising a supporting; plat provided with1 pair of slots, a pair of hollow sheet-metal bracket rins having hollowbase portions extending through said slots and equipped with retainingflanges engaging the rear surface of said supporting plate, and springprojected trunnions extending through perforations with which the innersidewalls of said bracket-arms are provided and having retaining flangesengaging the interior surfaces of said inner sidewalls.

A device of the character set forth, comprising a supporting plateprovided with a pair of slots, a pair of hollow bracketarms, eachcomprising a drawn hollow sheetinetal member having opposed large flatsides tapering from base to extremity, said sidewalls being joined bynarrow top and bottom edge-walls and the inner sidewall havingtherethrough a guide-perforation, an inwardly dished trunnion workingthrough each guide-perforation, said trunnions having their closed endspresented towards each other, and a spring seated in the concavityof'each trunnion and confined between the end wall of thetrunnion andthe opposed sidewall of the bracketarm.

3. A device of the character set forth, comprising a supporting plate, apair of hollow bracket-arms mounted thereon, said arms having open baseends, a pair of cup like trunnions insertable through the base ends ofsaid hollow aans, said trunnions projecting through perforations in theinner side walls of said arms and being equipped with flanges disposedinside of said walls, and springs entered insaid cup-like trunnions andconfined between said 'trunnions and the outer walls of thebracket-arms.

In a device of the character set forth, a hollow bracket-arm having anenlarged open-ended base portion and having one of its side wallsprovided with a perforation, a trunnion insertable through said base portion and adapted to project through said peoration, said trunnion havingan enlargement at its base serving to prevent it from being projectedwholly through said perforation, and a spring confined between saidtrunnion and the outer side wall of said bracket-arm. V

5. In a device of the character set forth, a hollow bracket-arm havingan enlarged hollow base end and provided in one of its side walls with aperforation, a cup-like trunnion insertable through the base end of saidbracket-arm and having its cupped portion projecting through saidperforation, a

cupped disc insertable through the base of said hollow bracketarni anddisposed opposite the trunnion, and a spring having one end entering thecupped trunnion and the other end embracing the cupped portion of theopposed disc.

In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a base plateprovided with an enlarged slot, a hollow taper bracket-arm insertablefrom the rear through said slot and having a flange dis posed back ofsaid plate, one side wall of said perforation, a cup-shaped trunnioninsertable through the base portion of said bracket-arm and having itscupped portion projecting through said perforation and having aretaining flange disposed in the hollow araclzet-arm, and a springconfined between said trunnion and the opposite side wall of said.braclretarin, one end of said soring being entered in the cuppedportion of said trunnion.

oi-iAnLns FISHER.

bracket-arm being provided with a

